Grants of up to $50,000 are available for affected producers following central, southern and western Queensland rainfall and flooding.
This funding can be used to hire or purchase equipment and materials, clean up, remove debris, replace fencing, and other costs associated with the recovery process.
This funding is available through the Queensland Government.
Special Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants are available to assist directly impacted primary producers and small businesses with the costs of clean-up and the reinstatement of their business.
Producers should take photographs of the direct damage to accompany their application.
Producers need to show they are an eligible primary producer, within the declared disaster area and demonstrate they have suffered direct impact from the disaster.
The maximum grant amount is $50,000 and is available through two applications:
• An initial amount of up to $10,000 is available to support an initial claim. Evidence of the direct damage such as photographs, quotations, tax invoices and official receipts is required.
• A subsequent amount of up to $40,000 is available to support subsequent claims for which full evidence of payment is required.
Eligible clean-up, reinstatement activities and emergency measures include:
• Equipment and materials to undertake clean-up
• Additional labour costs (above and beyond normal wage expenditure i.e. day-to-day staffing)
• Disposing of damaged goods and injured or dead livestock, including associated costs
• Repairs to buildings (other than housing)
• Fencing not covered by any other assistance
• Reconditioning/ repairing essential plant and equipment
• Salvaging crops, grain and feeds
• Purchase or hire/ lease costs for equipment essential to the immediate resumption of the business
• Payment for tradespeople to conduct safety inspections
• Essential repairs to premises and internal fittings that is not covered by insurance.
Properties located in Southern Downs Regional Council are eligible, as are properties in Banana Shire Council, Bundaberg Regional Council, Goondiwindi Regional Council, Lockyer Valley Regional Council, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Somerset Regional Council, South Burnett Regional Council, Toowoomba Regional Council, and Western Downs Regional Council.
Applications close on 30 June 2022.
